1863 -1923 · Valencia, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Mediterranean beaches and Hispanic Society
Sun, water, work and movement make Joaquin Sorolla the great Spanish painter of Mediterranean light.
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida was born in Valencia in 1863 and was orphaned at a very young age. Trained at the San Carlos School of Fine Arts, he obtained a scholarship to Rome and discovered naturalistic research and new paintings of light in Paris. His first successes came from ambitious social subjects, where fishermen, sick people or workers were observed with gravity. Little by little, the Valencian beach became his great laboratory. Children in the water, sails, oxen pulling boats, wet sand and white fabrics allow him to study reflections and rapid movements. Little by little, the Valencian beach became his great laboratory. Children in the water, sails, oxen pulling boats, wet sand and white fabrics allow him to study reflections and rapid movements. Return from fishing, sails, oxen pulling boats, wet sand and white fabrics allow him to study reflections and rapid movements. Return from fishing, sails, oxen pulling boats, wet sand and white fabrics allow him to study reflections and rapid movements. Return from fishing: towing the boat combines collective effort, animal, sea and sun in a composition monumental. Two sisters, Valencia or Child on the Boat, bring the gaze closer to the bodies and the brilliance of the water. Sorolla always paints from nature whenever he can. Its separate and lively touch preserves the freshness of the color; his framing, sometimes inspired by photography, cuts the figures and gives the impression that life continues outside the canvas. A sought-after portraitist, he also depicts his wife Clotilde, their children, intellectuals and an international clientele. Between 1912 and 1919, he created his wife Clotilde, their children, intellectuals and an international clientele for the Hispanic Society of America. Between 1912 and 1919, he also represented his wife Clotilde, their children, intellectuals and an international clientele. Between 1912 and 1919, he created his wife Clotilde, their children, intellectuals and an international clientele for the Hispanic Society of America. Between 1912 and 1919, he created his wife Clotilde, their children, intellectuals and an international clientele. Between 1912 and 1919, he created his wife Clotilde, their children in 1920 while working, he died in Cercedilla in 1923. His immense work unites naturalism, modernity of the gaze and absolute confidence in outdoor painting. The "Joaquin Sorolla" selection notably compares Return of Fishing - Hailing of the Boat and Rocks of the Lighthouse, Biarritz. His reading favors space.
Sorolla paints light as a physical force: she hits white, crosses water, cuts bodies and transforms every ordinary gesture into an event.